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Sydney Morning Herald
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
NRLW 2025 LIVE updates: Sharks and Eels go head-to-head in season opener
Go to latest Pinned post from 7.09pm Vote now - 2025 NRLW premiers 7.20pm Penitani to feature on Playstation cover By Billie Eder Sharks captain Tiana Penitani has become the first NRLW player on the cover of a PlayStation game, after the gaming console released the first images of their new Rugby League 26 game. Penitani features on the cover alongside Nathan Clear, with the game set to be launched on July 17. Speaking on the Say Less Podcast, Penitani said it was big advancement for women's rugby league. 'When the NRL asked me about it, I thought it was a G-up, I was like, are you serious? It's so cool,' Penitani said. 'It's epic. I mean, they could have chosen a handful of other payers but [it's great].' 7.09pm Eels trio out for season opener By Billie Eder Parammatta are missing three crucial players for their match against the Sharks tonight, including skipper Mahalia Murphy. Murphy is out with a hamstring injury, and was fighting to be back for round one, but coach Steve Georgallis has erred on the side of caution, keeping his captain on the sideline in the hope of a round two return against the Warriors in Auckland. Kennedy Cherrington is another big loss for the squad as she deals with a knee injury carried over from Origin earlier this year. She's hoping for a mid-season return, along with Boss Kapua as she comes back from a fibula injury.
BBC News
02-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
England suffer record defeat as Australia score 90
Australia (38) 90Tries: Robinson 3, Penitani, Upton 5, Mato, Kelly 2, Sergis 3, Whitfeld, Joseph Goals: Aiken 11England (0) 4Try: Roche England suffered a record defeat at the hands of world champions Australia in Las Vegas as Tamika Upton scored five of her team's 17 Barrow's Lionesses faced by far their biggest test since a World Cup semi-final defeat by New Zealand two-and-a-half years ago - and were outclassed comprehensively by the Robinson and Jessica Sergis scored hat-tricks and Isabelle Kelly crossed twice, with Tiana Penitani, Shannon Mato, Jakiya Whitfeld and Keilee Joseph also did at least have the final word as Georgia Roche, who plays her club rugby in Australia for Newcastle Knights, scored with the final play of the it was a dreadful night for England, with prop Vicky Whitfield carried off on a stretcher and taken to hospital for precautionary checks after being injured in a collision with Sarah Togatuki 10 seconds into the second margin of defeat is the biggest suffered by the Lionesses - either as England or Great Britain - passing their previous record, a 52-4 loss to New Zealand at the 2017 World to follow. England: Dagger; Partington, Renouf, Hardcastle, Davies; Harris, Roche; Wood, Bennett, Hoyle, H Dodd, Travis, Mottershead, Whitfield, Sykes, Upton; Whitfeld, Kelly, Penitani, Robinson; Brigginshaw, Aiken; Mato, Higgins, Apps, Clydsdale, Kernick, Q Dodd, Sergis, Togatuki, Joseph.
